Rzeczpospolita

by Peter Wagner, January 22, 2007

Rzeczpospolita (Poland) quotes Executive Director Peter Wagner on the failure of mass incarceration to control crime in Co czwarty więzień to Amerykanin (Every fourth prisoner is an American).

Senator Adams calls for state to change how prisoners are counted

by Peter Wagner, January 21, 2007

New York State Senator Eric Adams calls for the state to change how it counts prison populations during redistricting in The Empire Stakes: 2012 in Roll Call (subscription required).

Krueger

by Peter Wagner, January 6, 2007

New York State Senator Liz Krueger cites our Importing Constituents: Prisoners and Political Clout in New York report in a blog post calling for an end to the practice of drawing legislative districts based on Census counts of prisoner populations.

Interns

by Peter Wagner, December 13, 2006

We are now accepting applications from law and graduate students for summer internships and our Alternative Spring Break program.

EXCLUSION

States and cities are passing poorly considered laws that restrict where people labeled as sex offenders can live. These laws result in banishing people on the sex offender registries from whole regions at great harm to civil liberties and public safety. We've added some maps prepared over the summer for litigation in Georgia and Massachusetts and Peter Wagner's affidavit in the Massachusetts case.

by Peter Wagner, November 12, 2006

Georgia Sheriffs were some of the biggest opponents of HB1059 because the law made enforcement so impractical that it left their communities less safe than they would have been without it.

States and cities are passing poorly considered laws that restrict where people labeled as sex offenders can live. These laws result in banishing people on the sex offender registries from whole regions at great harm to civil liberties and public safety. We’ve added some maps prepared over the summer for litigation in Georgia and Massachusetts and Peter Wagner’s affidavit in the Massachusetts case.

Marantz

by Peter Wagner, November 6, 2006

Writing in Slate, Andrew Marantz calls how the U.S. Census counts people in prison the The Five-Fifths Clause.

Dailykos

by Peter Wagner, October 29, 2006

Thehim at DailyKos uses our new interactive tool to discuss the political implications of counting prisoners in: Drug War Roundup.

Blog Reload

by Peter Wagner, October 24, 2006

Blog Reload uses our new interactive tool to write about how the Census Bureau’s method of counting prisoners as prison town residents results in Prison-based Gerrymandering

grits

by Peter Wagner, October 23, 2006

Scott Henson blogs about our new research tool in Census counts prisoners as rural residents on Grits for Breakfast.

League of Women Voters of Dallas calls for Census reform

by Peter Wagner, October 21, 2006

The League of Women Voters of Dallas has written a Dallas Morning News editorial Prisoner data fix would restore equal access calling for the state of Texas to adjust Census data to count people in prison at their home addresses. In 2004, we released Importing Constituents: Prisoners and Political Clout in Texas documenting the distortion the Census Bureau is causing in each legislative district in the state.